Could Ctesias refer to the Kalash tribe? Some thoughts on interpretation of Ctesian descriptions of India

• Authors: SMYK Anita
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Indica of Ctesias is a priceless material for research into the perception of distant lands in the Greeks, or the shaping of literary images.

Keywords

EN

Indica; Ctesias; India; literary images

• Publisher: Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 207-210

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

SMYK Anita

• Siedlce University, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34739/his.2019.08.14